macho
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mach·o /ˈmætʃəʊ $ ˈmɑːtʃoʊ/ adjective informal MANbehaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example being strong or brave, or not showing your feelings – used humorously or in order to show disapproval 富有男子汉气概的，大男人的〔幽默用法或含贬义〕 He’s sick of being cast as the hard macho man in films. 他对在电影里扮演硬汉已经厌倦了。 a car with a macho image 外形硬朗的汽车► see thesaurus at man
Examples from the Corpus
macho• Ro, hiding among my plants, holds himself in a way that seems both too effeminate and too macho.• I think many of the worst aspects of rock have now resurfaced in rave: the macho, aggressive energy.• All the guys that go to the gym are being macho and showing off.• The same macho attitudes have an effect on their family life.• On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he's very sensitive.• Always in their macho combat boots.• Rather than defending society, the young men attack it and exalt macho foreign potentates and desperadoes.• The macho male, the business man, the romantic.• The macho merchants among you could try braving the green blob, numerous wires and broken records that occupy the alternative route.• He's far too macho to drink mineral water.macho man• He's a big gun, a macho man in the world of the otaku.• More importantly, this imagery affects the demeanour of these macho men when dealing with the public.Origin macho (1900-2000) Spanish “male”, from Latin masculus; → MALE1mach·o adjectiveChineseSyllable
that way traditionally a Corpus typical in of men, behaving is
macho
mach‧o /ˈmætʃəʊ $ ˈmɑːtʃoʊ/
adjective informalbehaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example being strong or brave, or not showing your feelings – used humorously or in order to show disapproval:
He’s sick of being cast as the hard macho man in films.
a car with a macho image
■ relating to men
▪male adjective a male teacher, singer etc is a man. Male jobs are the kind of jobs that men typically do: Most science teachers are male. | a male nurse | We are trying to recruit more women to do traditionally male jobs such as engineering.
▪masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman: He had a very masculine face. | masculine aggression
▪manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong: He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest. | It isn’t considered manly to cry. | In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control. | He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
▪macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval: On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive. | Stallone always plays macho men. | He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.
mach‧o /ˈmætʃəʊ $ ˈmɑːtʃoʊ/
adjective informalbehaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example being strong or brave, or not showing your feelings – used humorously or in order to show disapproval: | THESAURUS |
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